Where does “Blauschimmel” come from?

Blauschimmel (German) comes from German Blau, from Middle High German blā, from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic blāu, from Proto-Germanic blēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlēw- — yellow, blond, grey.

Blauschimmel (German): blue mold

Definitions

  1. blue mold

Ancestry of “Blauschimmel”, step by step

Blauschimmel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Blau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBlauthe colour blue; a particular tone of blue; a...
2Middle High Germanblāblue
3Old High Germanblāoblue, dark, grey; blue; yellow
4Proto-West Germanicblāublue
5Proto-Germanicblēwazblue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlēw-yellow, blond, grey

via German schimmel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschimmelinflection of schimmeln: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanschimel
3Old High Germanskimbalmould

Words derived from “Blauschimmel

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlēw-Every word from Proto-Germanic blēwazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic blāu